sbdcsierra Chapter 1772 Ma Ling's "Method" to Cure Mei Lan (Bonus Chapter for National Day, wish
Chapter 1772 Ma Ling's "Method" to Cure Mei Lan (Bonus Chapter for National Day, wish
Chapter 1772 Ma Ling's "Method" to Cure Mei Lan (Bonus Chapter for National Day, wishing all brothers a happy holiday)
When Zhao Jun entered the east wing, Wang Meilan was gently patting Zhao Na, coaxing her two daughters to sleep.
Hearing the door open, Wang Meilan looked up and glared. Seeing it was Zhao Jun, she quickly asked, "What's wrong, son?"
"Mom, could you come up to this little room for a bit?" Zhao Jun said. Wang Meilan got up and said to Zhao Hong and Zhao Na, "You two go to sleep. I'm going out for a bit."
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, she got off the ground. Seeing that she was only wearing a cloth shirt and trousers, Zhao Jun took a cardigan-style sweater and put it on Wang Meilan.
As they were leaving, Zhao Jun told Wang Meilan to walk ahead. As soon as they entered the east hut, Zhao Jun pointed at Zhao Youcai and complained to Wang Meilan, "Mom, my great-grandmother told Dad a lot of secrets about rafting, but Dad won't tell me."
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhao Youcai glared at Zhao Jun, but Wang Meilan stepped in front of him.
When Zhao Youcai's small eyes met Wang Meilan's large eyes, his imposing manner instantly weakened.
"Lan'er." Zhao Youcai quickly reached out to Wang Meilan, gesturing for her to sit next to him.
Wang Meilan glared at him and sat down on the sofa with Zhao Jun.
After sitting down, Wang Meilan asked Zhao Youcai, "What's the secret this time? What did Dad tell you?"
"No..." Zhao Youcai had just started to speak when Wang Meilan interrupted him, "What do you mean no? What do you mean no? You're always saying this and that, just tell me what your father is telling you, who are you trying to hide it from!"
"I didn't..." Zhao Youcai began to speak again, but was interrupted by Wang Meilan once more: "You didn't, and you're still being stubborn! How many times have you said this?"
After saying this, Wang Meilan paused slightly, then asked again, "Are you having second thoughts?"
These words were quite serious. Zhao Youcai quickly waved his hand and said, "Lan, what are you saying? We've been doing this family job so well together, how could I possibly have any ulterior motives towards you?"
"Hey!" Wang Meilan sneered, "You chased a big black bear down here today, and it almost got kicked by me!"
Upon hearing Wang Meilan's words, Zhao Youcai's expression instantly changed. Although he didn't know whether the black bear that came down the mountain was big or small, Zhao Youcai knew in his heart that the bear must have been startled by his gunshot.
The thought that the bear had almost pounced on Wang Meilan still made Zhao Youcai feel a little scared.
Seeing that Zhao Youcai remained silent, Wang Meilan seized the opportunity to ask, "If you don't have ulterior motives, you should quickly confess. What secrets did your father tell you back then? You should teach them all to your son."
“Dad didn’t teach me…” Zhao Youcai was interrupted again, but this time it was Zhao Jun who spoke up: “Mom, if Dad had told me this secret earlier, I wouldn’t have agreed to it before Master Shao called.”
As he spoke, Zhao Jun slapped his leg with the back of his hand and said, "If we partner with them, our two gangs will make 100,000. If we hire laborers ourselves, we'll make 100,000 on our own, which is half the profit!"
Upon hearing that there was a shortfall of 50,000 yuan, Wang Meilan's gaze towards Zhao Youcai instantly sharpened.
Seemingly sensing danger, Zhao Youcai's expression changed drastically, and he pointed at Zhao Jun, shouting, "You little brat! You're just trying to poison my mind!"
Zhao Jun quickly hid behind Wang Meilan. Zhao Youcai was right; he was deliberately trying to sow discord between Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan.
It's not that Zhao Jun is a bad father; his father is truly infuriating. If it weren't for his shot today, that little black bear wouldn't have charged down and startled Wang Meilan.
Because the twenty-odd people below were making a lot of noise while mining, Black Bear wouldn't come over.
Today, as Zhao Jun carried Wang Meilan down the mountain, he recalled the scene from his previous life when he carried Wang Meilan home before she passed away.
If it weren't for Black Tiger, that black bear might have been pounced on by Wang Meilan. Just thinking about it makes Zhao Jun shudder.
Another thing is that Zhao Youcai keeps everything to himself and his family. So many good things must have been given to others in his past life.
Seeing that Wang Meilan's gaze was becoming increasingly hostile, Zhao Youcai couldn't bother pretending anymore and quickly confessed, saying, "Lan, let me tell you what happened. Before I came back last night, I had just left the mountain area when I heard some noise nearby. I thought it might be some kind of wild animal."
I crouched behind a tree and listened to two people talking. Who were they? It was Blind Pang from Yongsheng and his second son. They had come back from the mountain, and Blind Pang had been teaching his son those words—that's what I overheard.
"Ah..." Hearing Zhao Youcai say this, Zhao Jun said with delight, "Dad, you've done a great job. This secret recipe will belong to our Zhao family from now on."
"Go to hell!" Zhao Youcai was about to curse when he suddenly noticed Wang Meilan beside him. He quickly changed his words, then angrily pointed at Zhao Jun and said, "You're the one who's being a jerk!"
Hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan both laughed. Zhao Youcai was taken aback for a moment, then laughed as well.
"Dad, Mom, you two should go to sleep early." Zhao Jun said this and left. Wang Meilan got up and called to Zhao Youcai, "Are you sleeping in this room?"
"I don't even know if I'll be able to fall asleep," Zhao Youcai muttered as he went back to his room with Wang Meilan to sleep.
Whether it was the effect of the wild ginseng slices or the fact that Zhao Youcai had slept for a day in the mountains, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time after getting into bed.
Unable to sleep, Zhao Youcai continued trying to hypnotize himself by counting, silently chanting, "One tiger, two tigers..."
Suddenly, a voice came from the side: "A cow..."
Zhao Youcai: "..."
Before Zhao Youcai could get angry, Wang Meilan's voice continued from the side: "I can eat a bite of beef..."
"This woman... is still half asleep." Zhao Youcai muttered to himself, and tried to fall asleep again with his eyes closed, but then he heard Wang Meilan muttering to herself and starting to talk nonsense.
Zhao Youcai jumped up with a start. He turned on the light and saw that Wang Meilan's face was flushed, her lips were white, and she was stammering incoherently.
"Oh my god!" Zhao Youcai touched Wang Meilan's forehead with the back of his hand and immediately felt that it was burning hot.
"That scared you." Zhao Youcai hurriedly got up, took the sweater that Wang Meilan had been wearing, turned it inside out, and then pulled Wang Meilan up and put the sweater on her.
If someone is frightened at Zhao Jun's house, a situation like Wang Meilan's might occur.
Previously, Zhao Jun was startled by a bear and managed to overcome the problem by wearing his clothes inside out, but the fever still needed to be treated separately.
Zhao Youcai got off the kang (a heated brick bed), took out painkillers from the bag he had carried up the mountain, tore open the packaging, and stuffed two into Wang Meilan's mouth.
Then Zhao Youcai went to get the tea mug, only to find that it was empty.
Zhao Youcai hurriedly went to the outer room and poured water from the thermos.
Even though the thermos was overflowing with hot water, they couldn't pour it down Wang Meilan's throat.
So Zhao Youcai opened the bowl rack, took out two large bowls, and then used the bowls and teacups to start pouring water.
Zhao Youcai first poured water from the tea mug into the bowl, and then poured it back from the bowl into the tea mug... Suddenly, Zhao Youcai made a mistake in his haste, and his hand slipped, causing the tea mug to fall to the ground. With a clanging sound, the enamel tea mug rolled once on the ground.
Zhao Jun, who was sleeping in the inner room, heard a noise from the outer room and got up from the kang (a heated brick bed).
When Zhao Jun arrived at the outer room, he saw Zhao Youcai washing the teacup.
"What's wrong, Dad?" Zhao Jun asked, and Zhao Youcai replied, "Your mother has a fever."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was startled, thinking to himself, "How could I have forgotten about this?"
Zhao Jun strode towards the main house in the east. Upon entering, he was nearly scared to death by what he saw: Wang Meilan was foaming at the mouth.
The painkiller dissolved in her mouth, and with Wang Meilan talking nonsense and constantly moving her mouth, the painkiller mixed with saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth.
This was nothing serious, but Zhao Jun was terrified at first glance.
"Mom! What's wrong?" Zhao Jun exclaimed, and Zhao Youcai, who was in the outer room, ran towards the east room with a teacup.
As Zhao Youcai entered the house, the father and son began to take care of Wang Meilan. Zhao Jun wiped the white foam from the corner of Wang Meilan's mouth with a handkerchief, then he helped Wang Meilan up, and Zhao Youcai fed her water.
After feeding her water, seeing that Wang Meilan's fever was still high, Zhao Jun took out a piece of frozen meat from the refrigerator, wrapped it in a towel, and placed it on Wang Meilan's forehead in an attempt to lower her temperature.
But it was probably too cold; even Wang Meilan, who was delirious and talking incoherently, felt uncomfortable and kept moving her head.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun took the frozen meat down again.
It has to be said that children sleep well; despite the father and son's constant commotion, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na did not wake up.
But Ma Ling was woken up by their noise. When Ma Ling put on her coat and trousers and came over, she heard Zhao Youcai say to Zhao Jun, "Son, why don't we call Xiaoyun's mother over and give your mother an injection?"
Although it was late at night, Wang Meilan's high fever persisted, and Zhao Youcai was worried that the fever would cause her serious health problems.
Zhao Jun was also at a loss. Just as he was about to walk out to invite Lin Xue, he saw Ma Ling come in.
"Wife, Mom..." Zhao Jun had just started to speak when Ma Ling pushed him away.
Ma Ling went over to check on Wang Meilan's condition, asked Zhao Youcai a couple of questions, and then said to Zhao Youcai, "Dad, you and Zhao Jun should tidy up this place. Put away the pots, meat, and everything else."
"My dear daughter, your mother has been burning up for ages." At this point, it was clear that Zhao Youcai was genuinely worried.
"Don't worry, Dad," Ma Ling comforted Zhao Youcai, then asked, "Dad, you didn't sleep all night again?"
Ma Ling asked Zhao Youcai if he had gotten over his craving for wild ginseng, but Zhao Youcai replied, "No, with your mother having a fever and talking nonsense, how can I sleep?"
Hearing Zhao Youcai say this, Ma Ling said, "Dad, if you're not going to sleep, then light the stove and boil the leftover dandelion in the pot. Boil three bowls of water down to one bowl. Let it cool, and then give it to Mom to drink."
"My dear daughter, is that alright?" Zhao Youcai asked. Ma Ling replied, "Yes, don't worry, Dad. I'm an expert at treating fright and shock."
After saying that, Ma Ling stepped forward, gently stroked Wang Meilan's hair, and softly called out, "Mom, Mom, don't be afraid."
At this point, Ma Ling touched Wang Meilan's ear again, gently rubbed it a couple of times, and then pressed Wang Meilan's earlobe with her fingernail, saying, "Mom, let's go home, let's go home with Ling'er."
After saying that, Ma Ling turned to Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai and said, "It's alright now. My mom was just scared by the bastard. I'll call her and she'll be fine."
At this point, Ma Ling paused slightly, glanced at the clock on the wall, and said, "In about ten or eight minutes, my mom's fever should be almost gone. Dad, then you can give her some boiled water to drink."
"We couldn't find any wild mushrooms the other day; it would have been even better if we had some wild mushroom seedlings."
Ma Ling's calm demeanor soothed Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai's anxieties. Zhao Youcai quickly went out to light the stove, and while Zhao Jun was tidying up the basins, he heard Ma Ling say, "I'm going to sleep for two more hours, then I'll go to work in the fields. You and Dad can stay home and take care of Mom, okay?"
"Sigh!" Zhao Jun responded, watching his wife's departing figure. He couldn't help but sigh, "My wife just didn't have the right timing. If it were twenty or thirty years later, it would be a waste of her talent if she didn't step in."
After Zhao Jun finished cleaning up, Zhao Youcai's dandelion water wasn't finished boiling yet, but by then Wang Meilan's fever had subsided and she was no longer delirious.
The father and son stood quietly by the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). Zhao Youcai whispered to Zhao Jun, "Your mother seems to be alright now."
"Hmm." Zhao Jun nodded and asked, "Dad, are you going to give that boiled water to Mom too?"
"I'll take it out of the house to air it out, and then I'll check on it," Zhao Youcai said. "She's sleeping so well, we can't just wake her up."
"That's true." Zhao Jun replied, then said to Zhao Youcai, "Dad, you take care of Mom. I'm going to sleep for a while. I still need to go find Hu Zi."
"Go to sleep," Zhao Youcai said. "I'll just stay here and watch over things."
Zhao Jun tiptoed back into the room, trying his best not to make a sound, but Ma Ling still noticed him when he got onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
"How is Mom?" Ma Ling asked groggily. Zhao Jun replied, "Mom's fever has gone down. Honey, you go to sleep. Let's sleep a little longer. When we wake up, I'll go find the dog."
“You don’t need to look anymore,” Ma Ling said. “I’ll look for it for you when I wake up.”
"Huh? You're kidding me." Zhao Jun laughed, "If you lose it again, I'll go crazy."
But Ma Ling was already asleep when he said that.
Ma Ling slept for another two hours, and got up just after four o'clock. It was still dark. After getting up, Ma Ling turned on her flashlight, and then, using the light, got up and took out a deck of cards from her dowry chest.
Then, Ma Ling sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed) and played cards for half an hour. When Zhao Jun groggily opened his eyes and saw Ma Ling sitting there with her back to him, he asked, "Wife, what are you doing?"
His sudden words startled Ma Ling, but when she turned around, she said to Zhao Jun with a delighted expression, "I just divined your future."
"What?" Zhao Jun was taken aback: "Honey, you really went?"
"What do you mean, 'the spirit has been sent out'?" Ma Ling patted Zhao Jun lightly and said, "I just cast a divination for you. Today, you should search in the northwest direction. You'll definitely find our Tiger!"
"You're kidding me!" Zhao Jun stood up, grabbed his clothes, and said, "Going northwest? Wouldn't that mean we'd be heading straight for Dawn?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Ling scratched her head and said hesitantly, "Then did I put it in the wrong place?"
"Come on, honey," Zhao Jun said. "I'll get up, I'll go see Mom, and then I'll feed the dog."
“Then I’ll go to the fields with Liu Mei.” Ma Ling said, and began to fold the quilt. Zhao Jun went out to the outer room to wash up, and when he came out, he saw Wang Meilan washing rice in front of the stove.
"Mom, how are you?" Zhao Jun asked. Wang Meilan turned around and smiled, "I'm fine, son, Mom is fine now."
After saying this, Wang Meilan said to Zhao Jun, "Son, Mom had a fever last night and was delirious, but I saw your great-grandmother."
Zhao Jun: "..."
(End of this chapter)